Programming Basics/Introduction/What is a programming language?

Whenever you want to implement an algorithm, you’ll have to translate it into a language that computers can understand, which is known as a programming language. What is a programming language? A programming language is a language that allows humans to communicate with computers. A programming language can be defined as a high-level language or low-level language. A high-level language uses instructions encoded in a language more suited to humans. What is a high-level language? A high-level language is a programming language with a high-level of abstraction of the computer language. While a low-level language uses instructions encoded in a language more suited to computers. What is a low-level language? A low-level language is a programming language with a low-level of abstraction of the computer language. Each type of programming language has a different way of writing instructions. The instructions in a high-level language are called source code and are written in plain text. What is a source code? A source code is a collection of instructions written in plain text. The instructions in a low-level language can be written in two different ways. Either by using binary numbers, and in this case the instructions are called machine code. What is a machine code? A machine code is a collection of instructions written in binary numbers. Or by using mnemonics, and in this case the instructions are called assembly code. What is an assembly code? An assembly code is a collection of instructions written in mnemonics.